Holder for crochet thread



Aug. 9 19240 F. 1.. BURTON HOLDER FOR caocnm THREAD Filed June 20 311412444 0; 4 FTankL.E|uTIun I dam muff Patented Aug. 19, 1924.

HOLDER FOR cnoonnr Tamra;

Application filed June 20, 1923. SeriaI No. 646,603.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK L. BURTON,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Burnside, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Holders for Crochet Thread, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates chet thread or the like to facilitate the use thereof.

The principal objects of the invention are, to provide holders for balls of crochet thread, knitting yarn, etc, so constructed and with the parts thereof so arranged that the holders may receive relatively small and up to relatively large balls of such material; and to provide such holders that the thread may be supported thereby and drawn from the holders as the thread is being used without danger of same being caught or damaged by the holder or parts thereof. It is now common practice to vend such thread or yarn in balls, sometimes wound on a form which is subsequently removed after the thread is so wound as to sustain itself in ball form with a hole in the center sometimes wound on a short tube or cylinder or cardboard; and sometimes on spools of cardboard, wood or other suitable material. If such balls are placed on an ordinary support, such as a table, they are apt to roll off the support as the thread is being drawn for use resulting in tangling or disarrangement of the convolutions, loss of time and frequently soiling or breaking of the thread. The present invention is intended to obviate such annoyances and loss by supportingthe balls of thread in a manner that the ball form be main tained until practically all of the thread has been used and to prevent accidental catching of the thread on parts of the holder as E 1t 1s belng drawn therefrom.

Another object is to provide a holder for a ball of thread including novel means for preventing accidental displacement of the ball which may be quickly operated for the placing and removal of a ball.

A still further object of the invention is to) provide a holder of the above mentioned character which is light in construction, one which is efficient in use, and which can be placed. on the market at a comparatively low cost.

to holders for cro With these andother objects in view, the invent-ionrconsists in the novel construction, arrangement and formation of parts which will be more specifically described, claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification. in which drawing:

'Figure 1' a perspective view of the holder, showing a ball of crochet thread mounted upon it ready for use. Figure Qis a view partly in side elevation and partly in central vertical section,

longitudinally of the base, showing the means for securing posts or standards to the base.

In the. drawing, where similar characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the letter A designates in general the holder comprising a base B; a

post C for a ball of thread D; and E a means to prevent the ball from riding up wardly and off the post C as thread is being drawn and especially if the pull thereon is upwardly with respect to the holder, the

means E, in the example shown, comprising a standard andyan arm G pivotally carried thereby and adapted to extend over the postC.

The base B is preferably of a substantially rectangular formation and can be made of any suitable material, having its edges 3, and corners 4 rounded and smoothed, so as to prevent the thread 5, as it is being drawn from catching and tearing.

Near the center of the base B is securely mounted a post C which is preferably cy lindrical in cross section so as to facilitate the. easy rotation of the ball D which is loosely mounted thereon. The lower portion 6 of the post 0 is inserted in a recess 7 of corresponding diameter, and is securely heldv in place by a suitable device 8, such as a screw, which is countersunk in the base B and whose head lies flush with the bottom of said base. The top 9 of the post C. is adapted to act as a rest or seat for the arm Gr when the same is in a closed position to prevent the accidental displacement of the ball of thread D. I

Referring now to the means E, it preferably includes a standard F, mounted near one end of the base B, which is constructed similar to post C, having its lower end insorted. in a recess 11, and securely held in place by suitabledevice 12, similar to that r *rue. I

designated 8. The top 12 of the standard F terminates in substantially the same plane as the post C, and has pivotally mounted thereon, by suit-able device 13, the arm G. The edges 1% and the ends 15 of the arm G are also preferably rounded and smoothed, and has its one end 16 terminating at a point beyond the post C, in order that a user may swing the same into and out of operative position. As is clearly shown by dotted lines in Figure 1 of the drawing, the arm G is adapted to be swung out of engagement with the top 9 of the post C in order to place or remove a ball of thread.

From the foregoing description it can be seen that a novel crochet thread holder or the like has been provided Which Will effectively hold the thread in ball like form, at a desired location and allow the same to be used at the Will of the operator, Without becoming tangled, torn or rolling to some undesired spot.

Changes in details may be made 'WltllOIlt departing from the spirit of the invention or scope of the olaimstbut,

I claim:

1. A holder for thread comprising a base, a post mounted upon saidbase for rotatably carrying a ball of thread, a standard mouned upon said base, and an arm pivotally mounted thereon, and extending at right angles thereto for frictionally engaging said post to preventaccidental displacement of the ball of thread.

2. A holder for thread comprising a base, a post mounted upon said base for rotatably carrying a ball of thread, a standard mounted upon said base terminating in substantially the same plane as said post, and an arm pivotally mounted. on said standard for frictionally engaging the top of said post to prevent accidental displacement of the ball of thread.

FRANK LEROY BURTON. 

